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Where does “deadlic” come from?

deadlic (Old English) comes from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic daud, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.

Ancestry of “deadlic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdēad—
2Proto-West Germanicdauddead
3Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—

Words derived from “deadlic”

  • deadly
  • nondeadly
  • deadlihood
  • fail-deadly
  • dedly
  • dedlych
  • dedlich
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